Lee Kuan Yew
1923 – 2015 · Singapore · Politics, Economics
Turned a port city into a high-income state — the developmental-state exemplar and its critics.
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- Sun Tzu
544 BCE – 496 BCE · Philosophy, History
Lee governed by Sun Tzu's premise that position and preparation decide the contest before it begins.
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